[This story will continue, but I'm unhappy with the opening, so it's locked while I revise it. I'll resume updates once I've figured things out.]
Great generals abound in Great Xia. The fourth son of the Huo family went to battle at fourteen and became famous across the realm at nineteen.
The emperor valued his talent and arranged for the young general to marry a princess.
When Huo Anning heard the news, her world collapsed.
Young general, my foot. When her fourth brother heard he was being sent to war, he packed up and ran away in the middle of the night. She had no choice but to disguise herself as a man and take up a spear in his place.
And the emperor supposedly valued her talent? The old emperor was clearly afraid she'd grow too powerful, so he wanted to use a princess to keep her in check.
She wanted her to marry a princess? Fine. Huo Anning waved a hand. She'd marry her!
The emperor was afraid she'd usurp the throne? Fine. She'd take the throne too.
From then on, the spirited young general became a sinister scheming minister, stirring up trouble in the imperial court.
As she stirred things up, she discovered that rebellion was apparently the latest fashion. From the chancellor to the guards, everyone was itching to join in.
Your enemy's enemy is your friend. Huo Anning chose a sickly prince as her ally.
But who knew the sickly fellow would start looking at her in such a strange way? Until one day, he pinned her down.
The sickly prince pressed her hands above her head and nuzzled her neck, whimpering, "When we achieve our great ambition, how about you be king and I be queen?"
Huo Anning hated that she was missing something between her legs. "Brother, I admit you're really tempting, but there's nothing I can do..."
Theme: If those in power are incompetent, why not rebel?
